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Celestial Coordinate Systems (SkyFrames)

A Frame which is specialised for representing coordinate systems on the celestial sphere is obviously of great importance in astronomy. The SkyFrame is such a Frame. In this section we examine the additional properties and behaviour of a SkyFrame that distinguish it from a basic Frame ([*]).


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AST A Library for Handling World Coordinate Systems in Astronomy
Starlink User Note 210
R.F. Warren-Smith & D.S. Berry
24th May 2011
E-mail:ussc@star.rl.ac.uk

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